The café serves fresh, locally sourced produce daily and the menu includes succulent pork sausages and tasty venison or beef burgers, homemade soups and a delicious choice of cakes.

The Visitor Centre café is open seven days a week from 10am to 5pm (hot food is served between 10am and 3pm).

There are two play areas, one for toddlers and one for older children.

The toddlers’ play area is for children aged between three and six years. It has a safety-surfaced play zone and easy access for parents, pushchairs and young children. The equipment includes two toddler swings and a purpose built unit with a slide, climbing wall, climbing net and ladder.

The Dizzy Heights Play Area is for children aged six years and older. It has a wood chip surface, two giant basket swings, an orangutan climbing frame and a purpose-built section with slide, climbing wall, rope ladder, fireman's pole and climbing net.

All of the play equipment is of robust timber construction which blends in with the forest surroundings.

Discovery backpackYou can borrow a free discovery backpack at the visitor centre and discover more of the great outdoors.

Each backpack contains useful goodies like binoculars, a magnifying glass, a bug pot and nature identification cards along with a guide explaining how to use them.

Please note:Sometimes we need to close or divert trails for your safety whilst we undertake maintenance work or forest operations.Occasionally we may have to close a site in extreme weather, such as high winds or snow and ice due to the risk of injury to visitors or staff.Please always follow any instructions onsite and make sure you follow any temporary diversion signs in place.

The visitor centre is open from 10am to 5pm seven days a week (except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years day)Bwlch Nant Yr Arian, PonterwydAberystwythCeredigionSY23 3ADUnited Kingdom52.415059604959-3.887104471338http://www.naturalresources.wales/bwlchnantyrarian

The café serves fresh, locally sourced produce daily and the menu includes succulent pork sausages and tasty venison or beef burgers, homemade soups and a delicious choice of cakes.

The Visitor Centre café is open seven days a week from 10am to 5pm (hot food is served between 10am and 3pm).

There are two play areas, one for toddlers and one for older children.

The toddlers’ play area is for children aged between three and six years. It has a safety-surfaced play zone and easy access for parents, pushchairs and young children. The equipment includes two toddler swings and a purpose built unit with a slide, climbing wall, climbing net and ladder.

The Dizzy Heights Play Area is for children aged six years and older. It has a wood chip surface, two giant basket swings, an orangutan climbing frame and a purpose-built section with slide, climbing wall, rope ladder, fireman's pole and climbing net.

All of the play equipment is of robust timber construction which blends in with the forest surroundings.

Discovery backpackYou can borrow a free discovery backpack at the visitor centre and discover more of the great outdoors.

Each backpack contains useful goodies like binoculars, a magnifying glass, a bug pot and nature identification cards along with a guide explaining how to use them.

Please note:Sometimes we need to close or divert trails for your safety whilst we undertake maintenance work or forest operations.Occasionally we may have to close a site in extreme weather, such as high winds or snow and ice due to the risk of injury to visitors or staff.Please always follow any instructions onsite and make sure you follow any temporary diversion signs in place.

Onsite parking costs £1.50 for up to two hours and £3.00 for over two hours. A season ticket is available.
Please note:
Sometimes we need to close or divert trails for your safety whilst we undertake maintenance work or forest operations.
Occasionally we may have to close a site in extreme weather, such as high winds or snow and ice due to the risk of injury to visitors or staff.
Please always follow any instructions onsite and make sure you follow any temporary diversion signs in place.

Opening Details

Open all the time

Visitor Centre open 10am until 5pm dailyVisitor centre Cafe is open 10am to 5pm (hot food is served between 10am and 3pm).Red Kite Feeding - the red kites are fed by the lake every day at 2pm in winter (GMT) and at 3pm in summer (BST).

Prices

£1.50 parking fee for up to two hours£3 parking fee for over two hours

Directions

Located 10 miles east of Aberystwyth on the A44 (Aberystwyth - Llangurig (A470) road) and two miles west of Ponterwyd.The nearest train station is Aberystwyth, and has connections on to the 525 bus which stops at the entrance to the car park.

OS Grid Reference: SN 717813

Parking: with charge

Accessible by Public Transport: 10 miles from Aberystwyth station

Facilities

Baby changing facilities

Coach parties accepted

Credit cards accepted (no fee)

Disabled toilets

Education/study area

Facilities for educational visits

Gift shop

On-site catering

On-site light refreshments

Picnic site

Public toilets

Regional Tourist Board Member

Wheelchairs available

Accepts groups

Children welcome

Disabled access

Dogs accepted

Facilities for hearing impaired

Onsite parking costs £1.50 for up to two hours and £3.00 for over two hours. A season ticket is available.
Please note:
Sometimes we need to close or divert trails for your safety whilst we undertake maintenance work or forest operations.
Occasionally we may have to close a site in extreme weather, such as high winds or snow and ice due to the risk of injury to visitors or staff.
Please always follow any instructions onsite and make sure you follow any temporary diversion signs in place.

Self-Assessed Accessibility Details

Parking

Designated parking for guests with disabilities

Within 50 metres approx. of entrance

The surface of the car park and pathway leading to entrance:

is solid

Drop-off point for guests outside entrance

The route from the parking area to the entrance:

Has a ramp

Public Areas

Level access (no steps/thresholds) or access by ramp or lift:

From the entrance to reception / ticket area

To a specially adapted public toilet suitable for wheelchair users

To the gift shop

Good contrast between the floor and walls

Baby changing facilities

Hearing loop installed in public areas

General

Hearing loop system

Seating available for visitors with limited mobility

Clear signage

Effective lighting for visually impaired visitors

Good colour/tonal contrast for visually impaired visitors

Wheelchairs provided

Free

Routes/pathways suitable for wheelchair users or visitors with limited mobility

Displays at suitable height for wheelchair users / children

Audible alarm system

Entrance

Steps to the main entrance

6

Number of steps to entrance

Handrail by steps

Ramp to entrance

Entrance is well lit

Food

Level access (no steps/thresholds) or access by ramp or lift to cafeteria